B-side Stories

Rhona O'Neill and Sadie Coe chat about the regular (this is the second one!) inclusive clothes swap that they are part of organising, and about the pitfalls of the fast fashion industry, environmentalism, inclusivity, and building community.

Tim Foote speaks with Richard Jeffrey from MOSAIC about the organisation’s work supporting and empowering male survivors of sexual and child abuse in the Wellington region, and working hard to change the way New Zealand views the sexual abuse of males.

Bridget Cassie came into the studio to share some energy and tell us about Inspiring Stories, Future Leaders, and Festival for the Future

Christian and Jamie from NOCAR CARGO talk to Perrine and Laura about pedalling wares around the streets of Poneke

Lindy chats to Perrine about how the Living Wage movement can help people participate as active citizens and why equal societies are better for all.

Lucy Smyth, when pressed, describes her music as "electronic pop meets soul jazz". She is originally from Christchurch where she completed a degree in jazz vocals and performed as a member of the band Sparkle Kitty. Now living in Wellington, she continues to explore voice as an instrument in her solo work and hopes to release an E.P. this year. She came into the studio to sing live for our listeners.

Jacinta Gulasekharam talks to Perrine and Laura about Dignity: Creating a movement for free sanitary items for all women in New Zealand

Laura chatted to Maribel Aburto and Katia Guiloff about a community mural being planned by the Latin Collective. The idea is inspired by the colourful living murals created by Chilean immigrant communities in France. The Latin Collective held community discussions to determine the themes for the artwork, and recruited a mural artist from Chile to help with the design. They are inviting everyone to join them on the weekend of 30-31 March.

For nearly 30 years Aro Video has been a haven for film-lovers, specialising in arthouse, foreign, and hard-to-get movies. Founder and owner Andrew Armitage speaks to Sadie Coe about how he came to create what some have called "a national treasure" and about how fans of the shop can help it through a current period of crisis.

Having a compost bin is a great way to reduce your household rubbish, and make rich soil to feed you garden. Nina Atkinson from Sustainability Trust chatted to Laura about how to make your compost bin really work. For worm farms and bokashi bins, try: https://sustaintrust.org.nz/collections/garden We also mention: http://kaicycle.workerbe.co/ as a food waste collection service.

Marie Fitzpatrick (photographed left) and Nic Murray (right) started sharing baking to light up the lives of others going through tough times. Now they've assembled an army of more than 1,500 Good Bitches who have baked up more than half a million deliveries across NZ, they've baked with prisoners, and now they're on a mission to amp up their kindness even further and make NZ the kindest place on Earth. Host Christine Langdon talks with the head bitches from Good Bitches Baking - a super kind charity that has taken Wellington, and New Zealand, by storm.

On Friday 15 March, young people around Aotearoa/New Zealand, and around the world, are holding a strike - leaving school for one day to tell politicians to take their future seriously and take urgent action on climate change. Bree Renwick from Kāpiti College joined me to chat about why she's helping to organise a strike at her school. To learn more, and get involved go to www.schoolstrike4climatenz.com

Amazingly, Captain Cook is back from the dead and walking around Wellington reflecting on how maybe he didn't actually discover New Zealand! Listen to our outrageous, and oddly informative conversation with Cook, followed by a chat with Tom Clarke about how he helped to develop the walking tour "Captain Cook Thinks Again" Get your tickets now: http://www.barbarian.co.nz/captain-cook-thinks-again/

We are talking about Valentines Day, underwear, and the joys and challenges of creating jobs for former refugees, with Elisha Watson, founder of Wellington social enterprise Nisa (...but first a couple of embarrassing moments with Siri popping in for our first episode of the year!).

Tania tells us about JustSpeak's fights for justice in our justice system

Pip Lee and Kate S give us some great ideas for exploring Wellington this summer (and beyond...)

An interview with Zoe Studd,Director of Mountains to Sea Wellington. A trust that operates with a team of dedicated staff and volunteers, running programs with communities and young people and creating a sense of Kaitiakitanga which in Maori means guardianship and protection, a way of managing the environment that reflects the deep kinship between humans and the natural world. They are creating a legion of kaitiaki, young guardians and protectors, empowered to take action to help protect and restore our rivers, harbors and coasts.

It's our last episode of 2018, and we wanted to find out how we could create less waste this Christmas(after all, we've been doing so well with our reusable shopping bags and coffee cups all year!) So we spoke with the expert - passionate waste-buster Ali Kirkpatrick, of Boomerang Bags, Waste-Ed and the Hopper Home Eco Shop. Beware, we go to some dark, depressing places, but there is hope!

Co-host Christine Langdon talks with Louise Parkin of the Nikau Foundation, Wellington's Community Foundation, about generosity in Wellington, the causes that Wellingtonians care about, and how to give effectively.

Laura visited WellyTech 2018 - the tech world's end of year party - and spoke to some of the people who make it happen. You'll hear: Raj Khushal who helped to create WellyTech, Victoria MacLennan who nurtures tech startups in Wellington, Jono Tucker who makes Raj look good with photo and video prowess, and Vivian Chandra who improves the tech systems at the businesses and charities that make the world a better place. They are all part of the team supporting the Access Granted community and making Wellington's (and NZ's) tech world tick. https://accessgranted.nz/